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We tend to think of digital storage as being fairly permanent, but the reality is the data you’ve stored on that hard drive, flash drive or CD-ROM likely won’t survive more than 20 to 40 years. With that in mind, Harvard researchers have created what t… Continue reading Robust long-term data storage technology uses tiny drops of dye
As most of us have noticed over the past couple of years, face masks can sometimes be a hindrance – necessary though they are. An experimental new mask, though, automatically becomes easier to breathe through when maximum air filtration isn’t required…. Continue reading “Smart” mask auto-adjusts its breathability in response to conditions
While wearable sensors can detect airborne toxins in the user’s environment, any one device can usually only identify a few such substances. A potentially much more useful new sensor, however, can reportedly detect over 100 at once.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Wearable device detects a wider-than-ever range of airborne toxins
Recent advances have put some interesting possibilities on the table when it comes to tackling hair loss, from topical solutions packed with stem cells, to 3D-printed hair farms, to growing hair with a patient’s own cells. Scientists in China are now t… Continue reading Microneedle patch beats baldness by boosting blood flow to the follicles
Recent advances have put some interesting possibilities on the table when it comes to tackling hair loss, from topical solutions packed with stem cells, to 3D-printed hair farms, to growing hair with a patient’s own cells. Scientists in China are now t… Continue reading Microneedle patch beats baldness by boosting blood flow to the follicles
When it comes to contraceptives, men typically have to remember to use a condom, or get a difficult-to-reverse vasectomy. There may soon be a new option, however, in the form of injected particles that are magnetically guided to the testes.Continue Rea… Continue reading Magnetically guided particles temporarily lower sperm count in mice
No matter how hard we may try, we can’t really tell if we’ve got bad breath – and asking someone else to sniff our breath for us can be awkward. It’s now possible that before too long, however, a portable “thumb-size” device could let us know.Continue … Continue reading Compact, portable bad breath detector is in the works
After someone has suffered a heart attack, non-beating scar tissue grows back in place of the damaged cardiac tissue, leaving the heart permanently weakened. A newly developed spray-on medication, however, may someday help change that.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Exosome spray may be better able to heal damaged hearts
After someone has suffered a heart attack, non-beating scar tissue grows back in place of the damaged cardiac tissue, leaving the heart permanently weakened. A newly developed spray-on medication, however, may someday help change that.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Exosome spray may be better able to heal damaged hearts
Scientists in China have developed a novel material they say could improve the performance of prosthetic devices and robotics, by allowing them to sense injuries just like people. The artificial skin uses a special gel that changes color in response to… Continue reading Artificial skin bruises like the real thing